Because of extremely low production in several of the major fisheries, the pack of canned fish in the United States and Alaska during the first nine months of 1946 was eight precent below last year, Milton C, James, Assistant Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, announced today.

First season's pack was 350 cases of fruit and tomatoes.

2A group of similar things or people, especially one regarded as unpleasant:the reports were a pack oflies

2.5 (the pack) The main body of competitors following the leader or leaders in a race or competition:Price broke from the pack to pursue him figurativeJapanese cars are ahead of the pack in this category

Phrases

go to the pack

Sure, some parts of the country are going to the pack and there is definitely a social element that I would not like to meet on a dark and lonely street but this is a beautiful country with lots of beautiful people who live here.

packed out

About 200 people packed out a meeting staged by the North East Essex Community Health Council at Holland public hall to discuss the proposals.

Two last quick observations: absolutely every meeting is completely packed out, rammed to the rafters, with usually dozens of young people crowded round the entrances to try to catch what is being said.

Elsewhere in the city, the Christmas weekend began with the Marks & Spencer food hall packed out as customers stocked up on Christmas goodies such as brandy sauce, mince pies and port.

The word pack for a container or group as in a pack of wolves is from noun pak found in both Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. Where they got the word from is not known. The related words packet (originally a little pack), and package developed in the 16th century. The phrase package holiday dates from the 1960s.

Origin

Early 16th century (in the sense 'enter into a private agreement'): probably from the obsolete verb pact 'enter into an agreement with', the final -t being interpreted as an inflection of the past tense.

The word pack for a container or group as in a pack of wolves is from noun pak found in both Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. Where they got the word from is not known. The related words packet (originally a little pack), and package developed in the 16th century. The phrase package holiday dates from the 1960s.